{"nrhp_refnum":"76000724","name":"Pettingill-Morron House","other_names":["Jean Morron Residence","See Also:West Bluff Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1212 W. Moss Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peoria","county":"Peoria County","state":"IL","lat":40.69414771100003,"lon":-89.61158802599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-04-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Second Empire mansion at 1212 West Moss Avenue in Peoria, Illinois, built in 1868 by Moses Pettingill for his family.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a well-preserved Victorian mansion that kept its original exterior and interior character. It is tied to Moses Pettingill, an early Peoria hardware merchant, and to its last resident, Jean Morron, who furnished it with her family's heirlooms and fittings. It also adds to the historic Moss Avenue–High Street area, which reflects how Peoria's industrial leaders lived.","narrative":"Built in 1868 for Moses Pettingill, this brick mansion at 1212 West Moss Avenue in Peoria is a Second Empire house with a slate mansard roof, arched dormers, ornate wooden brackets and a full-width veranda that extends into a porte-cochere. Pettingill ran a hardware store and had come to Peoria from New Hampshire in 1833. Inside are eleven rooms, a straight staircase rising to the attic, mosaic tile and parquet floors, and marble fireplaces. The house had six owners. Its last resident, Jean Morron, lived there from 1953 until her death in 1966, after her family's North Jefferson home was razed for a freeway. She brought an iron fence, a marble mantel, gas fixtures and family furniture to the new address. The Peoria Historical Society received the house in 1967 and opens it to visitors and public events. It contributes to the Moss Avenue–High Street area, which reflects the lives of Peoria's industrial leaders.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Moses Pettingill (first owner and builder)","architectural_style":"Second Empire (Mid-Victorian)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Peoria Historical Society since 1967, open to the public as a house museum and used for social events; preservation work is ongoing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.520752-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/8938/28893823/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/76000724.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000724/bea23dca77-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000724/bea23dca77-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mmikhailova","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pettingill-Morron_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mmikhailova</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pettingill-Morron_House.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"76000725","name":"West Bluff Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/west-bluff-historic-district-76000725/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893823","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pettengill%E2%80%93Morron_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7179347"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/peoria-county/pettingill-morron-house-76000724/"}